The mount Bego region is almost known for its rock-art but it is also one of the earliest occupation of early Neolithic

The rock-art

The site is divided into 7 sectors. Main ones are Les Merveilles sector and Fontanalba sector

sectors nb.rocks
4 Les Merveilles 2542
2 Fontanalba 1704
6 Valaurette 34
5 Sainte-Marie 16
1 Col du Sabion 8
7 Valmasque 6
3 Gordolasque 1
8 Vei del Bouc 1
9 TOTAL 4312

The entire site is about 900 ha, with the large majority of engraved rocks in the France territory but also a sector in between France and Italy (Col du Sabion sector) and a rock in Italy (Vei del Bouc sector)

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There’s about 20,000 figuratives pecked engravings

The main common engravings are, from large, horned figures engraved.

The Zone 13 (Valaurette sector) shows a distinctive profile with almost only topographic figure

Spatial distribution

Altitudes

Engravings are displayed on rocks between ~1990 m to ~2700

Impressive rocks

Impressive rock engravings are often the anthropomorphs while their represent only a narrow part of all figurative engravings

Roche de l’Homme aux bras en zigzag (Zone IV, Groupe III, Roche 16D)

In the Arpette sector lies the Roche de l’Homme aux bras en zigzag

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The rocks main figure is an anthropomorph with arms in zigzag.

Stèle du Chef de Tribu (Zone VII, Groupe I, Roche 8)

In the vallées de Merveilles lies the unique stelae of the site, the so-called Stèle du Chef de Tribu

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Sectors

Les Merveilles sector

This is really important..

Zones

Zone I

This is the lowest important concentration of engravings in the Merveilles sector

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The zone is characterised by figures à franges

Zone IV
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The most known rocks are the HBZZ

Zone VII
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The most known rocks are the CdT and the Christ

Zone XII
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Fontanalba sector

This is really important..

Valaurette sector

This is really important..

Sainte-Marie sector

Valmasque sector

Col du Sabion sector

Gordolasque sector

It is equivalent to the zone XXIII. It has a unique engraved rock discovered by J. Begin.

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Vei del Bouc sector

Engravings

Altitudes

The engravings

There is two main techniques with only a narrow regsitry shared

Pecked engravings

Themes

Horned figures and yokes

Horned figures

Anthropomorph

Figures à franges

Geometric

Topographic figures

The early occupations

Gias del Ciari